For better or for worse, a lot of people on the internet think Tide Pods look delicious. I personally love to touch them too 😉

So I was thrilled to see that someone appears to have successfully made edible Tide Pods in sushi form!

To be clear, this isn’t the first time the topic of edible Pods has been broached online. There’s been a hypothetical recipe floating around for a few days now. But that one — let’s be honest — seems pretty flavorless, and this new one looks a little more appetizing. It even appears to have retained that iconic Tide Pod squish.

Tel Aviv student Iftach Gazit has designed food bags that can be added to the laundry cycle to cook dinner at the same time. The Sous La Vie bags, which were designed as part of Gazit’s Industrial Design course at Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, rely on the sous-vide method of cooking.

This immerses vacuum-sealed food in hot water over a long period of time, and ensures meals are evenly cooked and stay moist. Gazit’s bags are made from waterproof Tyvek paper, which keeps the food soap-free.

Cooking vegetables? Set your machine to ‘cotton’ for a short duration program.

Similar to the previous post, this project tricks our brain in a smart and visually tempting way!

“Our perception of a meal relies upon different sensory input derived from the visuals, flavors, scents, textures, consistency and auditory feedback of what we eat. By isolating various flavor compounds and recreating their taste and textural profiles — coupled with virtual reality, aromatic diffusion and auditory sensation — we can mimic a surprising amount of eating experience.”

There is still so much to discover! Happy belated Christmas. Yours, Fran

A few days ago I’ve been at the Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven and i saw this inspiring concept of a young Dutch designer called Naomi Jansen, who wants to change the way of thinking in the healthcare sector.

She founded a company called Genees-Smakelijk based on the fact that industrial food makes 10% of our population sick. Our eating habits have more influence on our bodies than we might think.

Consequently, Naomi suggests that we should give patients pure natural ingredients that have a known effect on the health instead of giving chemical pills again.

Imagine walking into a restaurant and having to decide between edible or reusable cutlery… That may actually be the case in the near future with reusable and edible packaging ideologies.

Bakeys, a company based in India makes cutlery that is meant to be eaten after use. If you do not want to eat it, simply throw it away. Insects and stray animals will eat them or they will degrade naturally in less than three days.

“These are made of flours. 100% natural. We have tried making them with various flavors”.